When will I get my trade-in mailer to return my phone? From the trade-in confirmation screen: "You should receive a prepaid Trade In kit within seven business days after your new phone ships. Use this kit to send us your old phone". You will get an email confirmation that the mailer is being shipped to you, and that email will contain tracking info.
How does payment work with this trade-in? You pay for the entire phone up-front. The trade-in value will be credited back to your method of payment after your trade has been mailed in and assessed for value.
Does the trade-in mailer come with the delivery of the Pixel 6a/buds? No, it is a separate mailing.
Get 10% back in Store credit on Google Store purchases
Sweeten the deal and get a 10% google store credit for future google store purchases, if you sign up for Google One 2TB storage plan for 1 month (cost is $9.99/mo)
https://one.google.com/
WARNING: This relates to the 10% discount for purchasing 2 TB of Google One Storage. If you are upgrading your current paid plan, such as 100 GB, to the 2 TB plan, you will not receive the 10% credit for your purchases until the current billing cycle ends. Only then will purchases provide you the 10% credit 30 days after your order ships. Your subscription will immediately update to 2 TB but your billing account is still your old plan until the next billing cycle. You need to either wait to buy the phone, risking it goes OOS, or use a different Google account.
WARNING: I just upgraded and it gave me 10% credit. To the extent the above warning implies that you must wait to buy phone with store credit, this appears to be incorrect. You do may need to wait 30-60 days to receive the credit, depending on when your billing period starts and when the credit issues, which means you may be hit with a $9.99 billing cycle or two before the credit shows up, but $50 - $9.99 (x2) = $30.02 net profit if this occurs. The real danger is forgetting to cancel, set a Google calendar entry to downgrade/cancel your Google One. YMMV.
Q: What's a good case?
A: I bought this one because I wanted more protection and to show off the beautiful sage green color... and because Amazon has next day delivery and I want it NOW: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...UTF8&
I saw a $105 Refund Credited to PayPal / credit card. What is this?
Some are seeing a partial refund/credit, however this has typically been charged to the account again (i.e. you won't keep it as an extra discount). Speculation is this has something to do with the Pixel Buds portion of the offer. This is not believed to be related to the trade-in aspect of this offer.
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the reviews stating the slow finger print reader is concerning.
If i can go back in time, I would not buy the pixel 6 because the fingerprint reader is embarrassingly slow and misreads if you change lighting conditions. It's simply awful and makes checking the phone a chore. I hate it. No screen protector issue, not my phone (it was exchanged), and it's a common complaint. If you are coming from a phone that had even an average sensor, this will annoy you to no end.
The Google Tensor chips have such unreliable and poor mobile connections that a significant number of users have to reboot regularly or toggle airplane mode on/off just to get data working. It always happens when i drive. Check reddits pixel subs for more info. It doesn't look like any of those issues will be fixed because they simply aren't fixed in the flagships.
It seems to be an issue when you transition towers, so if you travel a lot or travel through dead zones, it'll happen more frequently. An unacceptable problem most in-studio reviews don't address, but real-world users struggle with, and have been since launch.
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I ordered the phone intending to upgrade my Pixel 3A. After using the 6A for a few hours, I'm asking myself who would want this phone. Not me, that's for sure.
Sure, some small, little-used features "might" be better; but many more everyday items are worse.
Maybe the Tensor processor is faster than the 3A's (I can't feel it, however), but it's also incredibly hot running (simply watching a Youtube video is uncomfortable), increases battery usage, and makes the many-times-a-day sign-on procedure worse. And it's heavier. Upgrade? Where?
I should have listened to the critical reviewers instead of the defensive apologizers.
Instructions to switch to the 3-button navigation style:
- Open Settings app
- System > Gestures > System Navigation
- Select "3-button navigation"
I hope this helps,Tofu Vic
Previous guy I responded to, read this post!
I got my phone in the mail today (FedEx "signed" for it despite actually needing my signature) but luckily they left it in front of my house and not a neighbor's.
A bit worried that the phone is apparently running hot. Even the 4a 5g runs hot, and literally will shut down in the middle of a 15-20 min video call. You have to remove it out of the case and hope the ambient temperature is not hot that day to exceed 20 minutes.
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Your comment sums up everything one needs to know about the 6A. It's simply a dull, problem-ridden, middle-of-the-road phone. I don't know who will pay $400 for this phone.
Good luck with your new iPhone. Like virtually all Android users, I've thought about switching to an iPhone but it's not right for me -- I'm cheap and reluctant to get locked into Apple's higher-priced -- but generally problem free -- products.
You are correct that the cutout for the front camera is not perfect when using the alignment tool (it sits a bit too high). However, I just checked and it does not affect the actual front camera images, it is just not perfect when looking at your phone.
I registered my thumb prints after installing the screen protector and I'm not having any issues at all. I have not yet changed the display settings to "Increase touch sensitivity" at this point.
Overall I'm very happy with the screen protector for the price. Super easy install and bubble free on my first try which is a rarity for me.
Once done I started a chat with Visible to transfer my esim.
Lo and behold, Visible do not support esim on the Pixel 6a. I will have to move to a physical sim and once they order the physical sim, my line will stop working until I receive the new physical sim which uses 2 day shipping
What a mess!! They even have the phone for sale on their website. I guess you always get what you pay for.
So, a warning to any Visible customers out there that use esim
Biggest positive over 5a (so far): performance
Biggest negative (so far): fingerprint reader is slower (but so far mostly functional), and I can't pull down notifications using the rear fingerprint reader like I could on the 5a... I also don't like how my thumb can slide around on the glass when using the in-screen reader... I guess I will get use to it though.
Would not have upgraded if it weren't for the $300 trade-in on my 3a.... but I think it will be a worthwhile upgrade with the free buds and $300 trade-in... especially because of (what I expect to be) a significant improvement in voice recognition which I use a lot.
Waiting on hearing if anyone faces this downgrade during the actual process (After sending in the trade-in)
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